by adventuretoward | Oct 17, 2013 | Alabama, Mississippi, Natchez Trace (Biking) 2013, Tennessee, Trail Journals
I’m getting ready to bike the famous Natchez Trace Parkway! Because trails sure do get in your blood. I finished the 1,000-kilometer Vía de la Plata Camino a few years ago; it’s an ancient pilgrimage trail in Spain. This year, I’m halfway through...
by adventuretoward | Oct 25, 2013 | Biking, Mississippi, Natchez Trace (Biking) 2013, Trail Journals
Ed and I drove from my conference in Biloxi to Natchez, Miss., this morning. The trip took about 3.5 hours. Natchez, by the way, is known for its wealth of antebellum homes turned into B&Bs. Kinda wished we’d stayed the night here so I could try one! Anyway,...
by adventuretoward | Oct 26, 2013 | Biking, Mississippi, Natchez Trace (Biking) 2013, Trail Journals
Today we were leaving Port Gibson and heading for Clinton. Luckily, it was another sunny, beautiful day on the Natchez Trace Parkway. The first few hours were pretty cold, though. When we first started, it was 40 degrees out. The Trace was also very shady in this...
by adventuretoward | Oct 27, 2013 | Biking, Mississippi, Natchez Trace (Biking) 2013, Trail Journals
Today we were biking from Clinton to Kosciusko, Miss., a trip that would take us around Jackson. Before we set out, we’d heard from other cyclists that biking around Jackson on the Trace was “white-knuckle biking.” It’s called that because so...
by adventuretoward | Oct 28, 2013 | Biking, Mississippi, Natchez Trace (Biking) 2013, Trail Journals
Back in Clinton, before we reached Kosciusko, a woman learned we were biking the Trace south to north. When she heard, she kept exclaiming, “You’re going uphill all the way!” I didn’t think too much about it, for none of the materials talks...
by adventuretoward | Oct 29, 2013 | Biking, Mississippi, Natchez Trace (Biking) 2013, Trail Journals
We decided to skip the Hwy. 82 ride this morning from Eupora, and instead took a lesser-traveled road that required repeating 2.5 miles (4 km) of the Trace. However, it was no big deal. So, the day started out cloudy, but the sun came out around noon and overall it...
